Search officer must make some assumptions as it relates to command:

If believed to be worsening, command will inform search.Command receives info about potential victims, will inform search.Command will assign backup crew to protect search as soon as possible.

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Prioritizing search (small crews - incident-specific or sequential).You can't go wrong if you try to ________. After that, my next thought is ______.

Put the fire out.Ventilation.

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There are several factors that constitute reading a building for search. Their order of importance?a. Location and intensityb. Finding the stairs c. Structure type and occupancyd. Time of daye. Where to start/stop your search